Vision of the New Jerusalem, Donald Jackson, ©2011 The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. - This link to the Abbey blog will allow you to open and explore the image in another window as I do not have permission to post it. You will be able to click on the image …
Category: Easter
Ascension Day
The Ascension of Christ (one of seven) possibly by Jean III Pénicaud (French, died 1570) — painted enamel on copper - partly gilt, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, mid-16th century. Image by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. May 26, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 1:1-11Psalm 47 or Psalm 93Ephesians 1:15-23Luke 24:44-53View Lectionary The …
Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Angel shows Saint John the Fountain of Living Water, from the Apocalypse by Jean Duvet (1485–after 1561) — engraving, 12 1/16 x 8 5/8 inches, no date. May 22, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 16:9-15Psalm 67Revelation 21:10,22 - 22:5John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9View Lectionary I am learning that for many serious European artists …
Fifth Sunday of Easter
The New Jerusalem by Gustave Doré, woodcut engraving completed by H. Pisan, originally published in France, 1865. May 15, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 11:1-18Psalm 148Revelation 21:1-6John 13:31-35View Lectionary Years ago, I organized a display of Bibles for Lent and Easter. The largest Bible in the collection was brought by a woman and this …
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Palms by Victor Delhez — copper plate engraving, 13 x 15.7 inches, after 1956Link to website May 8, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 9:36-43Psalm 23Revelation 7:9-17John 10:22-30View Lectionary The scene is impressive… Set in the New Jerusalem, a massive crowd of white-robed palm bearers makes its way down a street and straight into the …
Third Sunday of Easter
The Adoration of the Lamb, from The Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer — woodcut, 17 3/8 x 12 inches, 1498 May 1, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 9:1-6 (7-20)Psalm 30Revelation 5:11-14John 21:1-19View Lectionary This week, I bring you another image rising out of the rich imagery of John’s Book of Revelation. My church fellowship has …
Second Sunday of Easter
Jesus Christ reveals himself to John by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld — Die Bibel in Bildern (1852), Plate 236. Likely engraved by Z. Scheckel, inscribed left middle. April 24, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 5:27-32Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150Revelation 1:4-8John 20:19-31View Lectionary “Faith may, will, and must have its images!” – Martin Luther I …
Easter Sunday — Resurrection of the Lord
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 April 17, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 65:17-25Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24I Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12View Lectionary It feels a bit special to me to be posting my first Visio Divina celebrating Easter. As …
Visio Divina 
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